Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Richfield works elsewhere
5% of workers have no commute at all, where New York as a whole has 15%. Employers in Richfield report 445 jobs for 834 working residents. The two grades for Richfield are C− for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Richfield: the figures worth knowing
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Many jobs in Richfield pay little
27% of the jobs based in Richfield pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 834 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Richfield: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Richfield is better than 24% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Richfield’s grade up (3.7%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (18.2%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Richfield could be anywhere from D to B+.
Near or far: the trip to work from Richfield
About 33% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Jobs in Richfield: what the 445 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Richfield, 2013 → 2023: 413 → 445. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Richfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Richfield on a workday
On a workday 740 residents head out to work, 94 work right here, and 351 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Richfield on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
12% of working residents work in Otsego
Where Richfield clocks in
9% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
About 31 minutes each way for Richfield’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Richfield workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 961 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
In Richfield, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Richfield is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 6.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,011 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 10.9% of Richfield households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Richfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,793 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,800, Richfield comes 3,989th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 9 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,987 | Eddystone PA | 2,448 | $52K | 25.2% | 8.1% | 6% | C− |
| 3,988 | Pikeville TN | 1,872 | $38K | 22.6% | 0.9% | 22% | C− |
| 3,989 | Richfield NY | 2,052 | $60K | 18.2% | 3.7% | 11% | C− |
| 3,990 | Otego NY | 2,694 | $78K | 8.5% | 9.5% | 10% | C− |
| 3,991 | Lincoln Township OH | 2,164 | $70K | 18.1% | 8.0% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,793 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Richfield, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Next door is work for 14% of Richfield
The biggest share goes to Otsego (12%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Richfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richfield | – | C− | B− | 31 min | $59,833 |
| Plainfield | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Winfield | 2% | C | C+ | 36 min | $66,917 |
| Warren | under 2% | C− | C | 28 min | $72,750 |
| Richfield Springs | under 2% | D | A− | 34 min | $55,750 |
| Otsego | 12% | C+ | A− | 26 min | $72,891 |
| Exeter | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Columbia | under 2% | B− | C | 34 min | $90,795 |
| Springfield | under 2% | D | C | 30 min | $62,965 |
Same-state neighbors only. Plainfield: not graded. Exeter: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Richfield’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Richfield: questions
What is the median household income in Richfield?
$59,833 (±$14,207) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Richfield?
18.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Richfield?
31 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Richfield work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Otsego (12%, 8 mi), New York City (9%, 162 mi), Utica (6%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Richfield walkable?
Richfield is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Richfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Richfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Richfield
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.